Solovyov in Tsarist Russia 1796

Chapter 65 015 Women love to change their minds, their feathers flutter in the wind

This ball was originally just a social event. Solovyov did not understand that the full name of this young lady from the Visconti family branch is actually longer than that of the Russians. Just call her Sylvia. Okay, what do you want to do?

When dancing, you can feel that she is too close, and she looks very slender, but she is a bit interesting! The other party is just a girl of 16 or 17, who has just started talking about marriage in this era. However, with this figure, although she is visually smaller than the daughter of the Cake Queen, because she is shorter, she is still equally spectacular. .

As for this soft brown hair, I can’t help but want to touch it once it’s so smooth.

"Sylvia, you are a really good dancer. I think you must practice more, right?"

"When the French are here, there are always dances, but at that time, those French officers..."

"What's wrong with the French officer? Don't hesitate to speak like this. Your behavior has aroused my curiosity."

"They're like a bunch of aggressive bulls. Have you ever been to Spain?"

"I've never been to Spain, so maybe you're talking about 'bullfighting'? I've seen an introduction to Spanish customs in the library. Are those cows angry with the shaking red cloth?"

"I think that's it."

"No, Sylvia, I think they are more like fighting cocks. That part of France was the territory of the Gauls in ancient times, and this is 'Alpine Gaul'. No wonder they always want to come here to 'visit relatives'." "

"If you say so, then they are more like cockfighting, always there to stir up trouble, and duels in the streets are commonplace. We Italian men like duels enough, they are more aggressive, there are people every week Carrying a pistol or a rapier on the street, like this."

When she said this, she stopped dancing, and the two of them turned to the edge of the dance floor. The lady on Visconti's side made a fencing movement with her left hand.

Even though this girl is just over 1.5 meters tall, this action is very standard.

"Sylvia, you seem to have practiced it before. You can see it in the starting position of your hands."

"Yes, in addition to practicing dancing, I also practice horse riding and fencing, and I can also shoot. To be honest, those noisy 'Gaul cockfights' are always inaccurate. How about you? You are wearing a chasseur The uniform must be very accurate?"

Regarding Sylvia's speech, Solovyov can state that although his fencing level is only above average, he can still use a gun.

"That's natural, but they are all fed with bullets. If the hunters want to shoot accurately, they need to do more shooting training."

This basic truth is something that even the Cupid decorated on the statue should know.

However, he does not brag about his performance on the battlefield. Sometimes, he still needs to keep it secret, especially since this is an area previously occupied by the French. Is the little girl or her family members pro-French or pro-Austrian? Whether it supports the independence of Italy or the independence of the Grand Duchy of Milan is unknown.

"Speaking of which, it seems that your habit is to hold a gun in your left hand?"

"No, I am dual-wielding, with my dominant hand on both sides."

"No wonder, your hands are so coordinated. My master only uses his left hand."

She is also left-handed, and the girl's eyes are starting to roll now, wondering what she is going to do.

Solovyov was not seduced by the "little goblin", but he learned from her the experience of dealing with the "fainting" of noble ladies. The important thing is to look at the timing of the man's actions.

Pay attention to the look in this girl's eyes. Fortunately, she didn't do this. She just sat down and asked for lemonade.

"This dance is too long. Do those Austrians like waltzing so much?"

"After all, it's a country people's dance. They naturally prefer to dance, and it's more free. Misha, what do you think?"

Speaking of which, this is really what happened.

"I think so. When we come here, we still want the French to go back to their homes, not like these Austrians."

Of course, he couldn't express contempt.

The dance was about to end, and Sylvia had to go home. As a dance partner, Solovyov still had to send her there.

According to her, her father was working for relatives in Spain and was not at home in Milan.

In this case, if it were the French guys who had the upper hand in hormones, they might have some ideas, and they wouldn't notice that this girl had been trained like Solovyov.

Especially when holding her little hand, it was not as powerful as when I saw the Crown Princess and several Grand Dukes in the palace before. If I was just exercising in dance, I couldn't be so strong.

She has received fighting training and is probably still a veteran.

On the next day, the Russian army was still in Milan at its headquarters and made no further moves.

Now that the Chasseur Company was assigned to the Moscow Grenadier Regiment, Solovyov had more freedom. When he visited Milan in 1799 on the street, he also felt that Italian cities were relatively clean and tidy, although "little goblins" "The embassy district in Naples is very clean, but the urban area is terrible.

It seems that in some places in Italy, it is a tradition to not deal with garbage well. Just like the great Italian left-back, it has a longer history.

But this is much better than the urban area of ​​Paris. At least when the French and coalition forces were stationed on the street, there were people to clean up the garbage and maintain the city appearance.

Of course, when he walked in front of a cathedral, he also saw a cavalry officer in red passing by.

This is Komarovsky, the adjutant of Grand Duke Constantine. His arrival here means that Grand Duke Constantine should be arriving soon.

In other words, the follow-up Guards will also arrive at the Italian battlefield, and the Russian army’s strength has been strengthened.

But Grand Duke Constantine has always been reckless.

"Misha, what are you doing there?"

"Good morning, Sylvia, what are you doing here?"

"I want to invite you to a salon for the coalition officers stationed here. Of course, I also know that you will soon go after the French."

Although the girl's words were roundabout, her meaning was very straightforward. After all, the Russian army was going out, and she wanted to do this, obviously she still had some ideas.

Yesterday, Solovyov was still worried about what she would do, but nothing happened, so he relaxed his vigilance.

The girl held a female folding fan in her hand, which was against the side of the carriage. She also invited Solovyov to come up. She was very proud of herself. It seemed that the young captain had taken the bait.

As long as he played a little trick in the salon, he would have to show his gentlemanly manners and send her home again. He had to hurry up, because the young captain might never come back again.

Solovyov didn't think of this, but after hearing the story of Prince Potemkin and his nieces in Petersburg, he felt that nothing was strange in these European countries, especially in Russia, France, Spain and Italy. He was mentally prepared.

In the salon, there were mainly young officers, especially those Austrian cavalrymen who liked to brag about themselves. It was a bit difficult for them to get promoted because there were too many redundant old men in Austria. It might be fast to be promoted to captain at the age of 30, so they had to show more in social occasions.

It's just that these guys, Solovyov saw at a glance that they were the Austrian cavalry in the Melas marching column. Although General Melas himself was still very capable and Marshal Suvorov respected him very much, most of the previous battles were carried by General Krei, a 64-year-old old comrade, and his old officers. So far, they have not had any chance to show their skills.

Solovyov found it funny to brag about his achievements here.

But he didn't want to say anything. There were not many Russian officers present. It seemed that the officers invited by the local women were mainly these Austrians.

"Sylvia, what do you think? Just these Austrians?"

"If they were really so powerful, how could they be driven away by the French? Those French people boasted even more when they held a salon here. No, I feel a little uncomfortable, please take me home."

Well, this disguise was very similar, so Solovyov really thought she was suffering from periodic pain, so he helped her out and went back to her residence.

What I didn't notice at night was that her home was halfway up the mountain, and there was a castle.

It was one of the castles that the Visconti family still owned, and they even sent people to guard it.

Although the girl's father was just an ordinary lord, the family business was still quite large. In her house, you can see shields, armor, and the iconic emblem of the Milan Visconti family.

But don't confuse it with the Visconti of Sardinia and Pisa, the symbol of that family is a black rooster.

Seeing this symbol, Solovyov always thought of the ancient Greek god of medicine, because he saved too many people and caused Hades, the god of the underworld, to have a significant reduction in business, so he asked his brother to kill the doctor with thunder and Zeus regretted it. This was a problem caused by the conflict between the funeral department and the health department, but Hades obviously didn't know that people would always die, and his total business volume would increase with the population, and he would usher in a wave of dividends in the future.

If Sylvia knew what he was thinking, she would probably laugh until her stomach hurt. She was still pretending to be unwell. At this point, she took the opportunity to wink at the servant.

This trick of "closing the door to fight the wolf" did have some content in it. In the future, no one would be able to catch Solovyov on the battlefield. She had already succeeded in this way.

As for helping her to the bed, Sylvia's acting skills were not bad. She pretended to faint directly.

Solovyov did not panic. He first felt Sylvia's pulse, and then tried her breathing and neck.

Everything was normal and there was no problem. But when he was about to shake her arm, Sylvia suddenly grabbed his wrist, which caught him off guard.

He was careless and was controlled by this girl without dodging.

"Silvia, what do you want to do?"

"You know, it's not easy to catch a young and honest officer. Michele, I'm not going to give you to the French."

Michele is the Italian spelling of his name. The girl is no longer well-behaved, but reveals an expression like a "native" Roman she-wolf. I wonder if she saw Solovyov and felt the breath of the same kind.

"Silvia, I think you should, hey, are you going to ask the grenadiers to attack the city wall directly?"

What he said was very clear. Grenadier attacks on city walls are the same as cavalry attacking square formations directly. They are both forceful.

"It's the grenadiers attacking the city wall. If it were you, it would be the hussars directly attacking the phalanx. Don't worry, I think you don't have much experience like this. It's my first time, the two of us, in this aspect. They are all new recruits with little experience, so you have to 'cover' me well!"

Apart from malingering, this girl was very suitable to his taste in other aspects. She even had a deep understanding of military theory, but she used it in the wrong place. It's a pity that after this, they are just passing by in Italy. They are destined not to be together.

From the perspective of recruiting soldiers, Sylvia is also a good soldier, but she is a bit short. According to French standards, she is a "leaping soldier", the group with the strongest combat effectiveness among the French light infantry. Although she is short, Not tall, but generally about 1.5 meters tall, "Prancing Soldiers" can jump up and pull cavalry off their horses. They are the king of skirmishers, except for the Guards' Chasseurs. These little soldiers sometimes like to complain about the "grumble soldiers" of the Guards, but they can't use their strength.

This girl is considered a queen among the hunters, and she even kissed her.

She must be wearing a perfume that smells like Italian daisies. She must be a girl who likes to be clean. Kissing her like this is really exciting.

This is already the case. On the battlefield, since we are advancing from the center, we must cover the flanks of our comrades.

It's just that both of them are new recruits, so they are even more nervous than when they are on the battlefield with real swords and guns.

But relying on the "crazy horse effect", the cavalry can still break through the hollow square formation. In fact, Solovyov is very clear about this. Some cavalrymen have talked about their experiences in military school textbooks, but he has never thought that this experience is not Used on the battlefield.

In terms of the current battle situation, he achieved the results of the hussars against the French army in Prince Bagration's post-war summary of the Battle of Schengraben. You must know that there is an animation where a dragon will hear the name of Daisy. This era of fire-breathing is also relatively ancient.

"You little scoundrel Sylvia, I was worried yesterday that you would do what you did today, but I didn't expect you to feint."

"I have read a lot of books. I have read both "The Art of War" and "Strategy" by Frontinus. They are the original Latin texts. To deal with guys like you, you have to use some strategies, otherwise you just rely on ordinary methods. , you can’t be fooled.”

"Yes, when I was in Petersburg, a girl told me in a salon how to prevent other girls from fainting suddenly."

"I know you are the disciple of that little old man, your strongest commander in Russia. No one will say that you lost an officer, right? There is also a medal pattern on your sword, a command officer who has made meritorious service, It’s terrible to disappear suddenly.”

"Don't worry, as long as you go back before departure, you'll be fine. I came out from the headquarters, and the company received the order to wait here for subsequent reinforcements. After all, I used to garrison in Petersburg, and the reinforcements were the Guards from Petersburg. , what do you think?”

"I'll go with you! I happen to be wearing the clothes of a Hungarian hussar. How about I treat it as a separated cavalryman returning to the army? This way, even if we can't be together in the future, I can still keep you company for a while."

Solovyov looked at Sylvia, thinking about the love story of the "Girl Cavalry", but in the end he declined her request to join the army.

"You have a figure that is difficult to cover even if you use some restraint. Although the front of the hussar's coat is quite wide, you can figure it out yourself. It doesn't matter if I take you there. If some reckless hussars want to tell you, brother Friendship', just pat on the shoulder and you'll know. Besides, you don't speak a word of Russian, how can I help you cover it up?"

Sylvia doesn't speak Russian, and that's the biggest problem.

"Michele, then"

"I will correspond with you frequently. If you want to find me, you can write to No. 4 Laundry Lane, Petersburg, in the Admiralty District. This is the address in Russian. And your house number, when I came in , I’ve already seen it.”

"You are really good at reconnaissance, Michele. It would be great if you were a local noble instead of coming from distant Russia."

This woman really fits the original words in Puccini’s pattern:

La donnaè mobile qual piuma al vento, muta d'accento e di pensiero.

What do you think of this Alfa Romeo?